Making Big Better The Biden Administration claims that big is bad and that it wants to elevate competition, including by funneling cash to small meat processors. President Biden also wants to compel 80 million unvaccinated Americans to receive a jab and has ordered all companies with 100 or more workers to mandate vaccination or frequent testing. Yet 48 percent of all workers are employed at small businesses. The Washington Post points out that the President’s strategy doesn’t address how the 80 million unvaccinated Americans are impacted by the new requirement. Chances are, many do not work for large companies. The vaccination is free and so exempting small businesses from requiring employees to receive it effectively sends th...
What You Need to Know Today: The hot, dry weather forecast continues to drive strength in grain futures with corn and soybeans hitting another day of strong gains. Monday’s Crop Progress and Conditions data were in line with market expectations and showed relatively few concerns for the...
Yesterday we wrote about the Q1 GDP numbers and the June employment reports in an article entitled Real GDP for Q1 Relying on AI Buildout, Held Back by Consumer Spending. That article mentioned that consumer spending had become a drag on GDP. Nonetheless, real GDP in Q1 was revised upward to 2...
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Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.